Time-recorder.



H. T. & J, W. BRYCE. TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATIOH TILED OCT-10, 1913. 1,085,678. Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-10,1912.

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TIME RECORDER.

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H. T. eoss & J. W. BRYCE. TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10, 1912. 14,085,678, Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10, 1912. 1,085,678.

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the times of arrival and departure of work- HARRY. T. GOSS OF RUTHERFORD,

JAMES W. BRYCE, 0F BLOOMFIELD, NEW

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, TIMERECORDEB.

Original application flied June 1a, 1012,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY T. Gross and citizens" of the United States, residing, respectively, at Rutherford, Bergen county, New Jersey, and Bloomfield, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time-Recorders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This application relates to time recorders, and is a division of our co-pending application Ser. No. 704,504, filed June 19, 1912. In the time recorders employed to record Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 704,504. Divided and this application filed October 10 1812. Serial No. 724,929.

irecorders of any type vision for relative adjustment or the, elemen it is of course'riecessary that the record sheet or card, or the time-printing wheels, be shifted, one with respect to the other, at the proper instant to cause each record-imprint to be madeon an unprinted space on the sheet. It has heretofore been proposed to produce this shifting movement by or un er the control of. the clock, the arrange-- ment being such that the desired movement .will occur at certain definite times during the day. Thus, for example, up to a certain hour, say-7:00 a. m., the imprints will all be made in the arrival or spaces. Then at 12:00 m. one of the elements of. the printing couple is shifted, so that imprints made by the workmen going out for lunch will be made in the noon out spaces; subsequent adjustments of one element relativeto the other providing'for the noon-in, -afternoon-out, night in, and night-out records.

Our present invention difiers radically from this scheme, in that while we provide relative adjustment or shift of one of the rinting elements to accomplish the in and out, spacing,.the adjustment is 'not effected by or under the control of the clock, but occurs for each. workman. a ras ves" 'regi'sters,i .matter. swm- 'ay'be- Thus, when a workman arrives in the morning his rec-' 0rd is made in his morning-in space. The next time he registers, even if immediately after the first, the resulting imprint will be made in another space-usually considered the morning-out or noon-out space and so on throughout the day. On the other hand another workman, who arrives after morning-in L fihate -..or;..receiver.

the second registration of a man who pre- Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

ceded him, will register in his morning-in space. In other words the adjustment is eifected for theworkmen se arately and not collectively. This means t at each time a registration is made the imprint is made on a fresh or unprinted space sheet, and hence no previously record can be obliterated or renders rinted illegis ible by repeated operations of the machine.

While our invention is adaptable to time in which there is pro ;ments of the printing couple to accomplish the in-and-out spacing, we have shown the {invention herein as applied only to a recorder of a single type, to wit, the so-called card machine. -In card machines as usually constructed each workman has his own record sheet or card, which is devoted exclusively to his own record and is usually in the form of a card with provision for one or two weeks records. i One form of the invention as applied in the preferred manner to a time recorder of the type indicated, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of the-recording mechanism of the time recorder,'the particular machine illustrated being that described in the patent of Clinton E. Larrabee, No. 935,312, issued September 28, 1909, to which reference may be made for explanation of any parts shown in the figure but not mentioned in this specification. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1, looking from the left. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section showing the punchon the record ing mechanism, the abutment or card-lift which rises at daily intervals to limit the depth to which the. record cards of the different workmen can be inserted in the c rd This figure also shows part-of the mechanism which actuates the printing hammer. Fig. 4 is a detail side view partly in vertical section, showin the connection of the printing hammer wit the electric contact mechanism to actuate the latter. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the cam member which serves to shift the card receiver for the purposeof efiecting the inand-out spacing:- Fig. 6 is a detail sectional plan view of the punch mechanism and electricalcontact devices. Fig. 7 shows a record employed with. a

card of the usually type. Fig. 8 is a and the electro-magnetically actuated meching-ou't, afternoon-in arm or lever 207 fate as to make framework composed islide horizontally anism for arresting the card receiver or chute in its in-and-out movement. Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are diagrammatic views of the same parts, showing the same in thepositionsof, respectively, morning-in, morn- ,afte'rnoon-out, extrain and extra-out. a i a As'before stated, the'record sheetin; a card machine is preferably in the form of a stiff card, for example as shown in Fig. 7, having horizontal columns for the'several days of the week and vertical columns for thein-and-out records. Inthe machine illustrated this card, when 'a" registration is to be made, is inserted, with the face of the card toward the rear, intoa vertical chute or card-receiver 201 in the form of an open of grooved sidemem .bers202 anda-flaring top 203, the. card fitting the receiver rather closely so as. to have but little if any playtherein. The receiver 01*.1800161- sheet support'201 is mounted to and transversely on upper and lower rails 204, 205, to move the card sidewise past the impressionpo-int, thus giving the in-and-out spacing, while the day- ,spacing'is' produced by varying the depth to which the card isinserted in the receiver..

For thelatter purpose the bottom of the chute is the form ofjan abutment or card- 'lift 206 carried on the forward end of an pivoted atits rear end and having a pin 208 resting on a double cam 209. 'This cam is revolved by or under the control of the clock (not shown) at such a one complete revolution in two weeks, and its movement is step-by-step so that at the 4,5

proper instant 206 will be raised far enough to cause a new day line to stand at the impression point when the aards are again inserted in the receiver.

he clock and the cam actuating mechanism re not illustrated herein but they are fully escribed in the prior patent of O. E. Larrabee, N 0. 771,494, to which reference may be made if it is desired to construct a machineof this type. Suffice it to say that the abutment 206, lever or arm 207, and cam 209 in the present embodiment constitute clock-driven or clocl -controlled means for effecting the day-spacing. The printing wheels are indicated diagrammatically at 210, Figs. 3 and 4, and are also clock-driven or clock-controlled by suitable mechanism not shown herein but fully described in the arrabee patent mentioned. The printing wheels are. arranged behind the card receiver 201 near the top thereof and between the wheels and the receiver is an ink ribbon 211 tion, well out bon smartly against the 'mounted on spools 212. 'The mer213 is in front of the thrown rearward carries registration, and pivoted on the lever or handle is a trip finger 218 arranged to engage affing'er 219 rigidly mounted on shaft 215. Fast to the same shaft is an arm 220,

shaft in the clockwise direction (as viewed hammer213 toward the card receiver 201. From the foregoing it will be seen that on depressing or hooked finger 218, engaging the finger 219, .will advance the same, thereby rocking the shaft 215 and drawing back the hammer. As the lever is depressed the depending tail 222 of the finger 218 engages a camstop 223, with the result that the finger or pawl 218 is swung out of engagement with the finger 219, whereupon the spring with the finger 221 instantly rocks the shaft 215, bringing the hammer to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The hammer being of suitable-weight, its momentum is sufiicient to .carry it beyond this point against the tension of the spring216 and cause it to strike asharp blow upon 'the card, ink ribbon, and type wheels. The blow having been struck and a time imprint thereby made on the card, thehammer is instantly restored to normal position by the spring 210.

To provide for the in-'and-out spacing thecard receiver or record sheet supporting device 'is, as previously stated, adjustable past the impression point. Pivoted by one end to one side of the receiver near the top thereof is a link 2242 in the form of a broad, inverted U, pivoted at its other end to a lever 225 fulcrumed at 226 and engaging with its notched lower end a cam rib 227 (Fig. 5) on a cam member 228 parallel with the shaft 215 and rigidly connected at its ends to the printing lever 217 and an arm 229 on the same shaft. Consequently, as the printing lever is depressed the cam rib 227 will swing the lever 225 counterclockwise (as viewed in Fig. 1), thereby sliding the card receiver 201 leftward on the rails 20 1, 205. The leftward movement of the receiver is limited by the stop 230, in which the top rail 204 is mounted, and when the receiver in Fig. 3) and hence tends to throw theprinting hammer 2 13 is piv- 217 which the workman actuates toeffect a the lever or handle 217 the pawl v 85 connected by a spring 221 which urges the card is opposite the type wheels, that is, at

- holds the receiver; the

. On'a lug 236,

the impression point. To arrest the receiver at other points in its path, successively nearer tot'he'initial or extreme rightward position of the receiver, the lower portion of .the receiver is fitted with'a downwardly disposed rack 231, having five teeth adapted to cooperate with a pawl232 pivoted at 233 and having a depending arm 232 constituting the armature'of an electromagnet 234. T he pawl is normally held outof the path of the rack by a light spring 235, but when the magnet-is energized the pawl is swung up against the rack and by engagement with a tooth on the rack arrests or point at which the receiver is arrested or he d depends of course on the particular tooth engaged, which in turn depends uponthe time at which the pawl isactuated. formed on the plate 237 on which'thereceiver-shiftinglever 225 is fulcrumcd, is a spring contact or brush 238,

tending constantly to press against the rec- Y 0rd card in the receiver but normally held away from the plane of the card by a nonconducting finger 239. mounted on a lever 240 fulcrunied at 241, on the plate 237. The lower arm of this lever coeperates with a leftwardly extending stop or "finger 242 carried by a shol t standard or arm 243 extending-upwa'rdly from the printing handle 217 so that when the handle is in its normal 01' elevated position the finger 239 will hold the spring contact or brush 238 away from the plane of the record sheet. \Vhen, however, the printing handle is depressed to make an imprint on the record card the simultaneous forward movement of the stop 242 permits the lower end of lever 240 to follow and hence allows the contact 238 to swing rearwardly against the record card,

as will be-rcadily understood.

The ontact 238, as will be noted, is below the ink ribbon 211, and in horizontal alinement with the contact but in rear of the record card in the receiver is a support 244 in which is secured a' second contact in the form of a metal plate 245. The two contacls, the magnet 234, and a source of current,'indicated at 246, being in series, it will be apparent that if, when the contact 238 is released it finds an opening in the record card (a card in position in the receiver is shown at 201 in Fig. 6) 1t Wlll strike the contact 245 through the card and so close the magnet circuit, whereupon the magnet is energized and the armature 232 actuated.

"This swings the pawl 232 up a ainst the rackf23l' and arrests orholds the card receiver, as previously described. I

cor tne purpose of providing suitable holesin the re ord card at proper distances apart to cause the arrest of the card receiver 201 with the appropriate -in-and-0utcoldevices are provided: The lug 236 supports a depending bracket 247 carrying a vertical plate- 247 provided at its top with forwardly and rearwardly alined lugs 248 in which is slidably mounted a stem 249 constituting the male member of a punching mechanism. This punch 249 has a collar or stop 250, and between'said collar and the rear lug 248 the punch is encircled by an expansion-mil spring 251 which serves to chine. On its front face the collar 250 is engaged by the forked upper end of an arm 252 fixed on a short shaft or pivot mounted in the lower portion of the plate 247, said arm being on the left side of the plate as viewed in Fig. 1. On the opposite side of the plate is an arm 253, also fixed to said pivot or shaft, having its upper end in the path of an adjustable stop 254 (Fig. 4), in a lug 255 on the side of the printing hammcr It will therefore be seen that as the hammer 213 swings forward to make an imprint on the record sheet or card the stop 254 will engage and swing the varm 253 forward, thereby rocking the shaft to which the arm is fixed and causing the arm 252 to actuate the punch 249 tl1rough the instrumentality of the collar 250 with which said arm 252 engages. In exact aiinement with the punch 249 the contact 245 is providcd'with an aperture 256, thus making the part 245 serve not only as a contact but also as the female member of the punching mcchanismf" From the foregoing it will be seen that as the printing hammer moves toward the rear of the machine to make the imprint on the record card in the receiver the stop 254 will swing the arm 252 in the same direction, thereby actuating the stem 249 and punching a hole in the record card. It will also be seen that the punching mechanism is actuated each time an imprint is made is in its lowermost or uppermost or any intermediate position in the receiver.

By referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the cam rib 227, lever 225 and thus shift the card receiver 201 horizontally past the impression point. has a slight dwell 257 at its forward end. The result of this construction is that for an instant after the handle 217 begins to more downwardly to operate the recorder the lever 225 is not actuated and the card receiver does' not move; Nevertheless the moves forwardly with the handle and permits the contact 238 to impinge on thereoord card. the. handle continues the receiver 201 starts,

which serves to clutch the stem. 243, carried by the printing handle,

umns at the'impression point the following urge the punch toward the front of the maon the record card, regardless if the card I As the downward movement of rubbing against the contacts 238 and 246 and thereby keeping the same clean and bright, As soon as a hole in the card comes under the contact 238 the latter strikes through and against" the contact 246, thereby closing the circuit of the magnet 234 and causing the receiver 201. to be arrested.

Referring now to Figs. 8 to 14 inclusive, which illustrate the operationdia ammatically, Fig. 8 shows the parts. in t e normal or initial position, with the receiver'i2-0l at the extreme right of its path as viewed from the front of man, arriving in. the morning of the first workin day of the week depresses the" lever or han le to make his morning-in record, the

first effect is to throw the contact 238 against the record card. The card 1 4 moves toward the left, and inasmuch as the card has no 'holes in the horizontal line moving past the contact the receiver shifts to its the. impression point and the punch.

printing hammer strikes the card, carrying extreme leftward bringing the morning-in column the same against the ink ribbon and the time-printing wheels, the punch 249 is actuated, punchingaihole 260 .in' the card 201.

Upon the release of the printing lever the spring 221 (Fig: 1) restores the workman registers, the contact is thrown against the card as before and the-receiver moves toward the-left, but as it approaches:

themorning-out position the hole 260 comes into register with the tip oft-he contact 238, whereupon the latter strikes through the I ceiver, with t site the printing point and the punch 249. The printing handle must, however, con-.

hole and against the second contact 245, cl0sing the circuit of magnet 234 which then actuates the e morning-out column oppotinue to move downwardly to complete the is divided into' two recording operation, and .to permit such con: tinued movement the lever 225, which, it will be remembered, shifts the card receiver, parts pivoted together at 261, the parts being formed with lugs 262 which abut when the parts are in alinement. Encircling the forwardly extended end of the pivot is a coil spring 263 connected by its 1 is printed and at the same ends to the studs 264 on the lever-parts. Now whenthe receiver is arrested by the pawl 232 the printing lever can continue its downward movementfthe lever 225 simply buckling at the joint 26-1 againstthe tenslon of the spring 263, which'latter restores the lever parts to alinement or normal position as, or as soon as, the ,force exerted by the cam rib 227 ceases to act. It will thus be vseen that at the morning-in position a record is punched in the card, which serves to arrest the receiver at the afternoon-in position at sink to the same de the machine. Whena worke.

receiver then 26.0 corresponds to the Mondaymornin g onday morning-out imprint-,"and hole 266 to position, shownin Fig. 9, op osite;

s the arts tonormal position; The next-time t e same pawl 232 and arrests the re-.

ever the printinghandle the machine manufactures its own controlholes in proper. relation to the portions of another of a series of devices time a hole 265:

the next registration by the same .work man. Similarly, at each succeeding registration a hole is punched, making six in all for the particular day if the employee comes in at night or for overtime, the six posit ons of his card, for morning-in, morning-out, afterand extra-out, being noon-out, extra-in, shown in Figs. 9 to 14, respectlvely. Before {the beg-inning of the next-days work the abutment or card-lift 206 is raised, so that at the iiextinsertion of the card it will not thas ,on the first day, the j day-lines for the secondday for'example i but will drop justar enough to bring Tuesday, opposite the impression point and the contact 238; At the end of the week the cardwill look something like that shown in F 7 with a hole for eachand eve' timeimprint the several imprints and" e cor- [responding holes having determined tions with respect to each other. Thus ole -m imprint, hole 265 corresponds to the the Friday afternoon-inrecord. The teeth on the member 231 are preferably slightly undercut; so that the force; tending to move the card chute will hold the member in engagement with the pawl 232, after the circuit is broken, until the printing handle released.

From the foregoing it will be seen that'aL- present machines the record sheet which bears the holes has to be renewed, periodically, such sheet is nevertheless an opthough in these erative element of the machine, since :wit

.out the sheet oran e uivalent therecordsheet support cannot e shiftedl This results from the fact that when the card orsheet is omitted there is nothing-to prevent closing of the contacts, with the record-sheet support in normal or initial position, whenis actuated. Again,

ling devices, so to speak, by punching the the time record sheet which are to receive the imprints, and does not set up one or which are indi-- vidual to the respective workmen. The devices which directly cooperate to arrest or hold the. record sheetsupport at the proper prior to the-next exerted by the work These princhine to which the invention is to be applied and the specific manner in which the invention is tobc incorporated therein.

ried thereby, and time printing devices for printing time records on the record sheet;

of means formoving the support relatively to the time printing devices to provide the in-and-out spacing of the time records; and mechanism under the control of the record sheet to arrest the record sheet-support.

2. In a time recorder, the combination with a record'sheet support, a record sheet carried thereby, and time printing devices for printing time records on the record sheet; of means for moving the support relatively to the time printing devices to provide the inand-out spacing of the time records; mechanism for arresting the support; and controlling de'vice's cooperating with the record sheet to control the 'operationof the arresting mechanism;

3. In a time recorder, the combination with a record sheet support, a record sheet carried thereby, and time printing devices for printing time records on the record sheet; of means for moving the record sheet support relatively to the time printing devices to provide the inand-out spacing of the time records; a controlling device adapted to bear on the record sheet; mechanism, dependent I for operation upon movement of the controlling device through the record sheet-,to arrest the said support; and mechanism for perforating the record sheet /while the supportis arrested. i

4. In a time recorder, .thevcombination of a record sheet; manual means for moving the same relatively to the impression point to provide the spacing of the time records; contacts on opposite sides of the record sheet and normally separated thereby; mechanism for arresting the support; an actuating electromagnet for said mechanism, in circuit with the contacts; and mechanism actuated by said manual means to perforate the record sheet while the same is arrested, whereby at a succeeding movement of the support the contacts may cooperate through a perforation with consequent actuation of the arresting mechanism. I

5. In a time recorder, the combination of a record sheet support; a record sheet carried thereby; means for moving the support from aninitial position and Past a given point to provide the spacing of the time records; contacts adapted to bear on opposite sides of the record sheet; mechanism for perforating the record sheet, arranged adjacent to the contacts and alined therewith in the direction of movement of said support; a rack carried by the support; a pawl adapted to engage the rack to arrest the record sheet support an 'electromagnet to actuate the pawl. encrgizablc by cooperation ofthe contacts through a perforation in the record sheet; and nu .ms for actuating the perforating mechanism while the record sheet support is arrested.

6. In a time recorder. the combination of a record cardreceiver; a record card carried thereby: manual means for moving the receiver in the plane of the card to provide the in-and-out spacing of the time records; and mechanisn'l under the control of the record card to arrest the-receiver.

7. In a time recorder, the combination of a record card receiver; a record card car-' ried thereby; manual means for moving the receiver in the plane of the card and from an initial position; electromagneticallyactuated mechanism to arrest the receiver at successive points in its path; means cotiperating with the record sheet to control the arrest ing mechanism and means for restoring thereceiver to initial position after actuation of said manual means. I

8. In a time. recorder, in combination, a record card support, a record card carried thereby, time printing devices, means for imprinting time records from said devices upon the record card, said means being adapted to move the record support relatively to the impression to provide an mand-out spacing of the time records, and mechanism under control of the record card to arrest the record support.

9; In a time recorder, in combination, a-

record sheet support, a record sheet, manually operated means for moving the same relative to the impression point, said means being adapted to impress time records on the record sheet, means for perforating the record heet, contacts arranged in alinement with the perforations so produced and adapted to close an electric circuit when a perforation passes between the contacts, an electromagnet in circuit with the contacts and mechanism operated by the electromagnet for arresting the record sheet support, whereby in-and-out spacing of the time records is produced.

10. In a time recorder, the combination of a record card receiver, arecord card carried thereby, manual means for moving the receiver in the plane of the card to-provide ords on the record sheet, means or moving the record sheet support, means for perforating the record sheet, an electric circuit 1 cooperate "through perforations in the record sheet -ment of the platen engage therecord sheet, and electronia etic moving the record Jsheet controlled by and close the circuit, means normally hold ing one of said contacts out ofcontactwith the record sheet and operable upon the moveto allow the contact to means operable by the closing of the circuit for arresting the movement of the support. 12. In a time recorder, in; combination, a record sheet support, a record sheet, manually operated impression means including a printing hammer, means actuated by the printing hammer'for perforating the record sheet, an electric circuit having contact devices a-rrangedon opposite sides of the rec- 'ord sheet, said-devices adapted to cooperate and close the circuit when a perforation in the card comes between them, mechanism for support, and means closing of the electric circuit to arrest the card support.

' 13. In a time recorder, in combination, a

' record sheet support movable'vertically and laterally past the impression point, a record sheet carried by the support, time controlled means for moving the record sheet support intermittently past-the impression point in one direction to provide the day spacing of the time records, manually actuated means for moving the said support in i. the other direction pastthe impression point- 4 record sheet support,

i toefi'ect the in-and-out spacing of the time records, mechanism for perforating the 'rec- 0rd sheet at each time-recording operation, and electromagnetic mechanism, controlled by the perforations in the record sheet, to arrest the record sheet support in its in-andout spacing movement.

14. In a time recorder, in combination, a

a record sheet, manually operated means for impressing time records on the record sheet, mechanism associated with the aforesaid means for moving the record sheet support, means for perforating the record sheet, and mechanism dependent for its operation upon the perforations in the record sheet for arresting the movement-of the record sheet support.

l I r 1 "15. In a time recorder, in colnbmatlon, a record card, a record card support, a manually; operable platen for impressing timerecords upon the card, mechanism operable by-the platen formoving the record card support, mechanism under the control of the record card for arresting'the card support, and means permitting a full movement of the platen upon the arresting of said card support.

16. In a time recorder, in combination, a record card receiver, a record card carried thereby, manual means for producing time imprints on the record card, mechanism operable by' the aforesaid means for moving the receiver in the plane of the'card, mechanism under the control of the record card for arresting the receiver and a resilient connection between the time-imprint devices and the receiver-operating devices whereby a full movement of the time imprint devices may be had upon the arresting of the receiver. p

17. In a time recorder, in combination, a record sheet support movable'past the impression point, a record sheet carried by the said support, a contact plate on one side of the record sheet, a contact spring on the other side of the record sheet, a perforating die adapted to cooperate with the contact plate to perforate the record sheet, a manually operated platen for printin the timerecords on the record sheet and associated with the said perforating die to actuate the same, an electric circuit,'connected with the aforesaid contact plate and. contact spring, to be closed by the spring touching the plate through a perforation in the. record sheet and means dependent upon the closing of said circuit for arresting the record sheet support.

In testimony tures in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' HARRY T. GOSS. JAMES W. BRYCE. WVitnesses: f

M. LAWSON DYER, S. S.- DUNHAM.

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